Rockers spreading holiday jeer

Mˆtley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx recently took a shot at Godsmack frontman Sully Erna on Twitter. The bad blood between the two goes back a number of years to when Serna complained in an interview that his band was treated meanly by Mˆtleyís security during the package tour Crüe Fest in 2009.

When the Gospel of Luke came up with that whole “Peace on Earth/Good will toward men” saying in the Bible’s annunciation to the shepherds, he didn’t give much forethought to how it might play out this holiday season, because for some musicians, they simply aren’t havin’ any of it. Happy Christmas (War is On):

It all started last Wednesday when Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne continued his well-documented disdain for Arcade Fire, talking to Rolling Stone about the year in music.

“I don’t really listen to the Arcade Fire on purpose,” Coyne said. “It’s just not my trip. I’m not really looking for that kind of ‘We’re gonna survive’ kind of music. But I think people were kind of into that.”

Coyne also told a great story in which he said Bob Dylan’s pompous eccentricities rivaled that of Michael Jackson’s.

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Keeping the holiday jeer going, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx tweeted, “RIP @SullyErna ... Oops I’m sorry, I meant your career.” The dig was likely in reference to the Godsmack frontman’s foray into the direct-to-video market with the feature film “Army of the Damned,” which hits theaters Jan. 14.

The bad blood between the two goes back a number of years to when Serna complained in an interview that his band was treated meanly by Mötley’s security during the package tour Crüe Fest in 2009. Sixx responded by saying that Erna was “Crying like a bitch,” which inspired Era to pen the ‘Smack instant taunting classic for metaheads everywhere, “Cryin’ Like a Bitch.”

Erna has been silent on the latest salvo from Sixx, but according to his recent tweets, he’s been busy fighting off a battle of the sniffles, which seems to be going around quite a bit this month (cough!). Not wishing to exchange any germs aside, it’s likely these two aren’t going to be under the mistletoe this holiday season anyway.

Kicking it back to an even more irrelevant late-’90s act, ex-Korn drummer David Silveria lashed out at his former bandmate, Fieldy, when a fan posted about how the bassist said in his 2009 autobiography that he challenged Silveria to a fight. Now, I’m just as surprised as you are that the bass player from Korn has a book out, and just as loopy is that the drummer is still angry about what it said after four years.

“Fieldy has acted like a tough guy for so long, it’s nice to tell the truth,” Silveria said. “Not only is he not a tough guy, but he’s a cowardly little bitch. He never tried to fight me cuz he knows I would squash him like a bug.” He had much more to say, including lamenting that “the original Korn sound is gone,” but the post has since mysteriously disappeared.

Wonder what Korn’s Brian “Head” Welch thinks of all this. He most definitely knows what the true meaning of Christmas is, having split the nu-metal outfit in 2005 to go get baptized in the Mediterranean’s Jordan River and walk the land preaching the word of the Lord. Then again, he rejoined Korn earlier this year, and while there’s probably a lot to say in the negative about that, here at Rock Music Menu, it’s “If you don’t have something nice to say …”

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